{"id":299018,"date":"2026-06-07T08:14:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T08:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/299018\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T08:14:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T08:14:30","slug":"florida-health-officials-report-additional-vibriosis-case-in-marion-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/299018\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida health officials report additional Vibriosis case in Marion County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/outbreaknewstoday.substack.com\/p\/florida-reports-5-vibrio-vulnificus\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">follow-up<\/a> on the Vibrio vulnificus situation in Florida in 2026, state health officials reported an additional case in Marion County the last week of May.<\/p>\n<p>This brings the state total to six cases. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!FvER!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e7c4ea4-04fa-4d8c-9e9c-2db69a4fcdb5_4000x6000.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img can-restack\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/4e7c4ea4-04fa-4d8c-9e9c-2db69a4fcdb5_4000.jpeg\" width=\"1456\" height=\"2184\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/4e7c4ea4-04fa-4d8c-9e9c-2db69a4fcdb5_4000x6000.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:2184,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:2085144,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/outbreaknewstoday.substack.com\/i\/200912050?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e7c4ea4-04fa-4d8c-9e9c-2db69a4fcdb5_4000x6000.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" alt=\"\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vibrio vulnificus is a naturally occurring bacteria in warm, brackish seawater. Most people get vibriosis by eating raw or undercooked shellfish, particularly oysters.<\/p>\n<p>Since it is naturally found in warm marine waters, people with open wounds can be exposed to Vibrio vulnificus through direct contact with seawater.<\/p>\n<p>Healthy individuals typically develop a mild disease; however Vibrio vulnificus infections can be a serious concern for people who have weakened immune systems, particularly those with chronic liver disease.<\/p>\n<p>The bacterium can invade the bloodstream, causing a severe and life-threatening illness with symptoms like fever, chills, decreased blood pressure (septic shock) and blistering skin lesions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a follow-up on the Vibrio vulnificus situation in Florida in 2026, state health officials reported an additional&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299019,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-299018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}